System and Method for Osteoporosis Assessment

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined tasks are chosen from the group consisting of: a pour task; a footwear task; a newspaper task; a reach-lift task; a sweep task; a washer task; a dryer task; a sit to floor task; a carry-climb task; a night walk task; and any combination thereof.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio is optionally multiplied by a safety factor coefficient.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the patient's physical symptoms data comprises spine curvature data.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the patient's spine curvature data comprises a lumbosacral angle, a L1/T12 score, and a T1/C7 score.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the region of interest is the patient's L3 lumbar region.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer generated feedback reports comprises a computer generated bone safety evaluation report comprising one or more graphically displayed report features generated from the calculated compressive strength in combination with the patient's physical symptoms data, the patient's safe functional motion data, and the patient's bone density data.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the computer generated bone safety evaluation report comprises a graphical report comprising report features including a computer generated spinal curve graph, a computer generated strength graph, a computer generated flexibility graph, and a computer generated activity risk graph.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the computer generated activity risk graph is based on computerized assessment of (i) the patient's activities data and (ii) the patient's safe functional motion data.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer generated feedback reports comprises a computer generated activity risk report based on assessment of the patient's performance of the patient's activities on the list of one or more activities periodically performed by the patient.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer generated feedback reports comprises a computer generated therapy recommendation and computer generated activity modification report based on assessment of the patient's safe functional motion.

12. A bone safety evaluation method, said method comprising: collecting physical symptoms assessment data of a patient, said physical symptoms assessment data comprising posture data, pain data and dizziness data; collecting safe functional motion data of the patient, said safe functional motion data comprising an evaluation of the patient's performance of a group of pre-determined tasks; collecting bone mineral density data of the patient; collecting demographic data of the patient; inputting the physical symptoms assessment data, the safe functional motion data, the bone mineral density data, and the demographic data into an input device of a computer system; utilizing computer software on the computer system to calculate a vertebral fracture risk for a particular task with said group of pre-determined tasks based on inputted patient data comprising the safe functional motion data, and the bone mineral density data.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising utilizing the computer software on the computer system to generate a bone safety evaluation report comprising one or more report features generated from one or more pieces of inputted or computer-calculated data selected from the calculated data vertebral fracture risk of the patient, the physical symptom assessment data of the patient, the safe functional motion data of the patient, the bone mineral density data of the patient, and the demographic data of the patient.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising: collecting activities data of the patient, wherein the activities data comprises a list of one or more activities performed by the patient; and inputting the activities data of the patient into the input device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising utilizing the computer software to generate a computer generated activity risk report from inputted data comprising the patient's performance and movement during (i) one or more safe functional movement tasks and (ii) one or more activities on the list of one or more activities performed by the patient.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein one or more tasks within the group of pre-determined tasks are selected from the group consisting of: a pour task; a footwear task; a newspaper task; a reach-lift task; a sweep task; a washer task; a dryer task; a sit to floor task; a carry-climb task; a night walk task; and any combination thereof.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the step of collecting activities data of the patient comprises compiling the list of one or more activities performed by the patient.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the step of collecting safe functional motion data of the patient comprises analyzing the patient's performance and movement while performing one or more tasks within said group of pre-determined tasks.

19. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising utilizing the computer software on the computer system to generate a computer generated therapy recommendation and computer generated activity modification report.

20. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the patient's physical symptoms assessment data comprises spine curvature data.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the patient's spine curvature data comprises a lumbosacral angle, a L1/T12 score, and a T1/C7 score.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the vertebral fracture risk for one or more tasks is utilized to form a functional risk for fracture index as a component of one or more computer generated feedback reports generated from the inputted patient data.

25. The method as claimed in claim 24 , further comprising: collecting physical symptoms assessment data of a patient, wherein the patient's physical symptoms assessment data comprises spine curvature data.

26. The method as claimed in claim 25 , wherein the patient's spine curvature data comprises a lumbosacral angle, a L1/T12 score, and a T1/C7 score.

27. The method as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the region of interest is the patient's L3 lumbar region.

28. The method as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the group of pre-determined tasks are selected from the group of tasks consisting of: a pour task; a footwear task; a newspaper task; a reach-lift task; a sweep task; a washer task; a dryer task; a sit to floor task; a carry-climb task; a night walk task; and any combination thereof.

29. The method as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the method comprises the step of collecting activities assessment data of the patient.